Merchandise dispensing apparatus



July 25, 1933. E, J RAYMOND 1,919,667

MERCHANDI SE DI SPENSING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 24, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1IN VEN TO)? dOR/Vk K [dwardJ/Pa mapd A r y 1933- E. J. RAYMOND 1,919,667

MERCHANDISE DISPENSING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 24, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2INVENTOR fa ward J. Ra mono b Y A TTORNE V Patented .luly.25, 1933 QNITD STATESVVK PATENT oFr -csff EDWARD J. RAYMOND, or sEA'rT nwAsH Ne'roN 1MEncHAnnIsE nrsrnnsma Armanros Applieation filed February 24, 1931.Serial No. 511,729.

This invention relates to merchandise dispensing apparatus, and has forits object'the provision of inexpensively constructed de vices includinga cabinet adapted to retain merchandise, one at'a time, from'saidmagazines. 1

A further and particular .ob ect, the prefo: ferred embodiment hereinillustrated being peculiarly designed to handle. unwrapped.

candy merchandise of relatively rapid turnover quality, more especiallyof that, character purchased and consumed by'children, m is theprovision of highly attractive dispensing-apparatus wherein the ultimateconsumer is'assured of a sa'nitarycondition in that the individualproducts are afforded a dispensa-' tion direct from the; factorypackedinaga-' zines, rendering the same free from handling, both withrespect to the children themselves and the store-keeper.

Further and more particularly objects and advantages, together with theforegoing, will becomeapparent in the course of'thefollowing detaileddescription and claims. The invention consists in the novel"construction ofthe dispensing devices, the magazine co-operating.thereWith, the method and arrangement in packing the same, and in thenovel adaptation and combination of theseveral parts, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed. 1

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Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cabinet constructed in accord withthe present-invention and illustrating in dotted-linethe disposition ofthe assembled magazines there- 4 I the same, taken on the broken linesection 2--2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is arear elevationioit said assembled cabinet.

v Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal section on the line 4:L of Fig. 2,particularly illustrating. the dispensing control shown in the precedingviews. 1 50 Figs. 5 and 6 are detail horizontal sections article-holdingmagazines with simple mechanism most advantageous for d-eliveringtheFig. 2. is a transversevertical section t0 resenting modified forms ofthe control lever.

Fig. 7 illustrates in end elevation, the meth 0d of packing theaforementioned magazines in a conventional type papenboxcarton, a retaining strip therefor being broken'away and the cartonproperrepresented in transverse vertical section. i I

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section taken on line s s ofFigJ'Y. j J I j Fig.91s a view of the blank from which rep the cabinet is formed; and

Fig. 10 is a detailperspective representing the manner ofassemblingfsaid blankto produce said cabinet. Y 1 I,

In carrying out the invention, I preferably stamp fro m o ardboard,metal, wood veneer or the like, a blank 11 of the general configurationrepresented in Fig.9, said blank pro-j viding parallel longitudinalscorings 12, 13 separating said blank into a back board 14: and. aliformsides 15, 16 Stamped from the upper portion of said back-board, more-0ver,'and pivotally retained thereto on the line of scorings 17 at itslower edge, is a flap 18 roviding laterally spaced apertures 19,

sa1 apertures being disposed in'alignment with apertures 20 of acomplementaryjflap 21, the latter however, having wings 22 cut from theaforesaid sides 15,16 and serving to afford, through straddlingslits23co-o-perating with a progressive reduction of radius in the arcs 24, africtionalengagement with respect to the sides 15 16, with aresultantretention of the flap and the sides in approximate rightangular dispositions to the back boardg I Pivoted oppositionally ofsaidfiaps 18',21,. below and relatively'adj acent thelatter, what ishereinafter termed a base board 25 is fur! ther stamped from saidbackboard and pro vides side-supporting wings26' slit similar to theflap 21, as at 27 for straddling engage ment to respective arcs. Pivotscorings 28 of said base boardare disposed in alignment with the loweredge ofa feed slot 29.

ber 30, the latter having a slotted throat 31 disposed conjunctivelywith aperture 29 for feeding engagement of the discharged merchandise.33 represents a receiving platform therebelow.

In such assembly, the base-board 25 is preferably reinforced by a strip34 juxtaposed therebelotv'a'nd serving to pifvot'ally "support alever,having anoperating'handle 36 projecting through the aforesaid feedslots, said handle controlling the merchandise dispensation throughpivotal motivity of a peleco-idal configured. body 37, the innerinverted quadrants of Which respectively dislodge the lowermost of aplurality of superposed articles contained in'magazines 38.

To such end, said magazines, of an elongated co-nfiguration, areconformed to have their lower ends open, being passed throughthe"alignedapertures 19, 20 of the flaps '18, 21 and supported in spaceddispositions above the base board 25through angular corner feet 4E0projecting downwardly at respective outer sides of the same. 7

41repres'ents sight openings in rear faces of the, respective magazines,advantageous in affording a gauge of thecontents therein and forre-aligning the merchandise into horizontal dispositions should (meetthe same become accidently upturned in successive dispens'ati'ons.

In Figs. Sand 6, I represent modified forms of operating leversaccommodating control by the store operator alone,as 37 or'as might bedesired, selectively either by the operator or the purchaser,37

With attention toFigs. 7 and'8, I represent thefpacking of the factoryfilled. magazines illustrated'in the preceding views, inv'vhijc'h aplurality of said magazines are laid inside by side 'relatio-n,'as manyas maybe desired, one layer above another, Within a carton 1 3,

stripsjo'fcardboard 45 or other like agency beinginser'ted betweenoppositionally disposed ffee'tf40 to retain a tight pack of the productWithin'the-magazines, V

In the use of the invention, as herein, embodied, the assembled cabinetis inverted and the magazines,1with the open end at the top,insertedupwardly to have respective feet 40 abut the baseboard 25,, thearrangement of the flaps 18 and 21 allowing of a ready insertion of thesame but frictionally resisting dislodgl'nlent due to the resultingcrimping of the same over the magazine vvall responsive to disal'i-gninentffrom horizontal. 'The invention is especially adapted tothe dispensation of chocolate covered wafers of the character generallyreferred to'as penny chews- Wher'einthepurchaser obtains a free candybar should theinner materialof the Waferbe other than'of apre-determined specified color.

' In the normal sale of this merchandise, the purchaser has generallyheretofore been given accessl ito a box containing the same,

scratched or rubbed off.

The invention and use of the same is believed'c'le'ar from "theforegoing. VVhlle I have herein illustrated and described a pre ferredembodiment of"the'same, it is not my desire to confine myself except asby the limitations of the hereto annexed claims,

hat I claim, is?

1. 'lirmerchandise dispensing apparatus having a cabinet formed from anap-proxi mate quadrilaterally configured material blanlvtrisecte'd bylongitudinal scorings to separate the same into a central body por tionand Wings bordering the "same, said blank having longitudinally-sipacedaperturedflaps stamped through the body-portion'and interconnected tosaid body portion along the lower transverse edge of each, and abaseboard stalnpedhthrough the body portion below said flaps andinterconnected to said body portion along the upper transverse edgeofthe same, said naps being bent down Wardly' into i right angularrelations to the body to dispose respective apertures in longitudinalalignment, said base board being bent upwardly into right angularrelation to the body toserve as a platform below said apertures, saidWin-gs being bent atright angles to the body-portion to a'ot as legs'forsupporting the body portion in upright disposition, opeinbottommercl'iandise-coir tain ing magazine arranged for slide receptionthrough saidalign'ed flap apertures, said magazine having means forsupporting the ope1r-'bottom thereof in spaced disposition above theplatform,- and a lever pivoted to said platform and -'arranged formovement therebetween and the magazine bottom for successivelyejectingthe lowermost article in saidmaga'zi'ne.

ZQIn apparatus as defined in claim 1, \vherein said flap aperturesaccommodate the reception -05 a' pair of tnnsverselv spaced magazines,and wherein the ejection lever therefor is pivoted medially between thetWo andof an approximate pe'l'ecoidal configuration, the invertedquadrants the'reof being adapted for selective activity to a respectivemagazine.

3. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein lateral edges 'of'saidbase board are stamped from the Wings in arcuate configurations, saidarcuate edges having re en'trant slots cut into the same in the plane ofthe blank scorings, the sector formed in said 1 quadrant slots toyieldably retain said body portion, the lateral wings and the base boardinv their right angular relations, one to another.

4. In merchandlse dispensing apparatus having a cabinet formed from'apolygonal material blank trisected by longitudinal scorings to separatethe same into a central body portion and wings bordering sides of thesame, said blank having longitudinallyspaced apertured flaps and a baseboard stamped through the body portion and interconnected therewithalong one transverse edge of each, said flaps being bent outwardly intoright angular relation to the body to dispose the aperturesinlongitudinal alignment, one flap aperture with another flap aperture,said base board being bent outwardly into right angular relation to thebody to serve as a platform below said apertures, said wings serving aslegs to support said body portion in upright disposition responsive, tobending of the Wings at an angle to said body portion, an open-bottommerchandise-con taming magazine arranged for slide recep- H tion throughsaid aligned flap apertures, said magazine having means for supportingthe open-bottom thereof in spaced disposition above the platform, and alever pivoted to said platform and arranged for movement therebetweenand the magazine bottom for successively ejecting the lowermost articlein said magazine.

5. A supporting cabinet formed from a polygonal material blank trisectedby longitudinal scorings to separate the same into a central bodyportion and wings bordering sides of the same, said blank havinglongitudinally-spaced apertured flaps connected with the body portionalong the lower transverse edges of each and a base-boardstamped throughthe body portion and connected therewith along the upper transverse edgeof the same, said flaps being bent outwardly into right angular relationto the body to dispose the apertures in longitudinal alignment,one flapaperture with another flap aperture, said base board beingbent outwardlyinto right angular relation to the body to serve as a platformlbelowsaid apertures, said wings serving as legs to support said body portionin uprlght disposition responsive to a folding of the same outwardly atan angle to said body portion, the object supported being adapted forslide reception through aligned apertures into seating engagement tosaid platform, said connection of the flaps along lower transverse edgesexpediting admission of the object through the apertures thereof, whileresisting retraction from the same.

6, A cabinet formed from a material blank trisected by parallel scoringsto separate the same into a central body portion and wings bordering thesame, said blank having a flap stamped through the body portion and aportion of the wings and connected to the body portion along onetransverse edge',the lateral edges of said flaps projecting into thewings being arcuate and having re-entrant slots cut into the same in theplane of the blank scorings, the radii ofsaid arcprogressivelydecreasing from the point of theflap to'accom, modate awedge action between said slot and the sector formed in the wingsresponsive to a bending of said flap and the wings at angles to the bodyportion and one to another.

7. In merchandise dispensing apparatus, a cabinet formed from a materialblank trisected by scorings to separate the same into a central bodyportion and side wings, said blank having spaced-apart apertured flapsand a base board stamped through the body portion and connectedtherewith along one transverse edge of each, said flaps being bentoutwardly into approximate right angular relation to the body to disposethe apertures of the flaps in alignment, said base board being bentoutwardly into approximate right angular relation to the body to serve,as a platform, a merchandise-holding magazine received through theapertures of said flaps, and ejection mechanism supported on saidlatform to successively deliver the articles rom saidmagazine.

8. In merchandisedispensing apparatus, a cabinet formed from a materialblank trisected by scorings to separate the same into.

a body portion and wing elements adapted to d be bent at an angle to thebody portion for' supporting said body portion in an uprightposition,said blank having an apertured flap adapted to be bent at anangle to the body portion stamped from the body portion and connectedtherewith along one transverse edge, a merchandise-holding magazineengageable through the aperture of said flap for supporting themagazine, and ejection mech-- anism for dellverlng articles from saidmagazine carried by said cabinet. i

9. Thecombination with a cabinet providing a floor, of a' pair ofopen-bottom merchandise-containing magazines detachably supported bysaid cabinet to'loca te said bottom openings in spaced dispositionsabove the floor, and a lever member having an approximate pelecoidalconfiguration pivotally supported over said floor for movement in thespace between saidmagazines and the floor,

said pelecoid configuration providing quad rant-shaped members at eachside of its pivot adapted to eject the lowermost article from arespective magazine with the body proper of the same acting to maintainthe articles succeeding the ejected article in an elevated dispositionduring the period of article ejection. 3 EDWARD J. RAYMOND.

